Kappa – Residency
31st sighting in Salish Sea
Kappa @5415
Aug 26 – Oct 3, 2026 · Salish Sea
Herring Ledges, Late Summer
Two good looks at me on the ledges — this water knows my tail well.
126 m
Deepest dive
4:32
Longest dive
71
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 38
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | 194 m | 14.5°C | 126 m |
| Aug 26, 2026 | 225 m | 14.2°C | 96 m |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 152 m | 15.0°C | 99 m |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 263 m | 14.3°C | 85 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
126 m
Deepest dive
4:32
Longest dive
71
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
38
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (194 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 26, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 194 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 152 m – 263 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.2°C – 15.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.